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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2518 KP) rated Do or Diner (A Comfort Food Mystery, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Needing a new start, Trixie Matkowski has bought her aunt’s diner in upstate New York. Her first day at the new owner, someone poisons the health inspector by adding mushrooms to a family recipe. Who is trying to drive Trixie out of business?

This was a fun debut with a plot that grew as the book progressed. The characters were distinct, although they could be a bit better developed. I had some nitpicks with timing and how little sleep Trixie got, but they were minor. This was a fun series debut.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/09/book-review-do-or-diner-by-christine.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Chrissie-ann (78 KP) rated I will not kill myself, Olivia in Books

Jun 19, 2018

I will not kill myself, Olivia

Danny Baker. | 2018 | Health & Fitness, Mind, Body & Spiritual

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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Raw, emotional, outstanding

From the second I started this book I couldn't put it down, what an emotional rollercoaster of a book. Following the story of a man's journey with mental illness and his romantic relationship with his first love.
I fell in love with the characters, I felt their pain, their joy and their love. I cried, alot, happiness and sadness. This book was written with so much insight and knowledge showing the reality of mental health issues and the impact on the individual their lives and their relationships. Danny baker is an author I admire and who can really create an intense and a read that you just can't put down.

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Milleen (47 KP) rated Nine Perfect Strangers in Books

Nov 14, 2018

Nine Perfect Strangers

Liane Moriarty | 2018 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

6.6

(9 Ratings)

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Liane Moriarty’s Australian backdrop is ‘Tranquillum House’, a remote health retreat that promises total transformation. Each of the nine strangers has some reason for attempting to unload some mental baggage and relaxing away from the modern world. They relinquish their mobile phones and laptops, cutting themselves off from the outside. A different kind of therapy is administered by the austere manager and what unravels is an unusual twist on Moriarty’s narrative, yet it’s totally entertaining. There’s a level of chaos and farce, mixed with darker elements that make this a compelling read. Not at all like the famous, ‘Big, Little Lies’ but more ‘Truly, Madly, Guilty’ in its delivery. Available in hardback now, paperback in April 2019.

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Vegas (725 KP) rated The Silent Patient in Books

Jan 24, 2020

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides | 2019 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

8.3

(39 Ratings)

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The plot build up (1 more)

When it all comes together

One man's goal, to find out the truth when other specialsts can't... A woman who has remained silent, unable or unwilling to talk after being found over the dead body of her partner and sent to a hospital for mental health issues after being found guilty of his murder...

I read the second half of this book in one sitting after being gripped at one point mid way through and just couldn't put it down, wanting to know exactly what happened that fateful day.

The story does appear slightly fragmented at points BUT it all come together in the end and then you see why.

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Molly J (Cover To Cover Cafe) (106 KP) rated Ruckus in Books

Jan 3, 2020

Ruckus

L. J. Shen | 2017 | Contemporary, Romance

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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After reading Defy and Vicious by L.J. Shen, I knew I had to keep going. Especially after falling in love with Dean in Vicious's book. He was beautifully broken, in my opinion. Reading this book, I knew my heart was in for it with him. He was a cocky, sexy man who knew what...or rather who he wanted, and that was Rosie. Seeing them together, seeing his passion for her,despite her health issues, really hooked me! I couldn't get enough of their story! By the end of the book.....well, let's just say that I am ready to dive into Scandalous next because I NEED MORE SINNERS!!! Another wonderfully done novel by a truly talented author.